Dear Oregonian,

I am excited to tell you about some of the improvements that we’ve been making to increase your confidence in a safe, reliable, and easy-to-navigate elections system.

Our toll-free voter information line at 1-866-ORE-VOTES (1-866-673-8683) or TTY service at 1-866-350-0596 is available every business day all year long from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm if you have any questions about your ballot or about voting.

Under the federal Help America Vote Act, we have implemented a new Centralized Voter Registration system that keeps our voter rolls clean and
up-to-date, and we are working on ways to make voting more accessible for people with disabilities.

The federal law also imposes some new identification requirements. If you are registering to vote in Oregon for the first time, you must provide your Oregon Driver’s License number, or if you do not have a Driver’s License, then you must provide the last four digits of your Social Security number. If you do not have either a Driver’s License or Social Security number and are registering by mail, then you may provide a copy of other forms of identification listed on the voter registration card.

If you have moved, or changed your name, you must fill out a new voter registration card, but you do not have to provide ID. Be sure to put your old information in the “updates” section at the bottom of the card.

Voter registration cards are available online at www.OregonVotes.org, from your local DMV or county elections office, or in this pamphlet. If you are registering for the first time, you must register by April 25 to participate in this election.

For those of you who are already registered to vote, please return your ballot so that it is received by May 16. Remember, the decisions you make with your ballot will affect all of our lives and the future of our state.

Best wishes,

Bill Bradbury
Oregon Secretary of State